Jul. 2, 2007 - ~* Blogger Reflection Award *~
Oh my! I am truly honored beyond words! Annie from My Life as Annie has nominated me for the Blogger Reflection Award.
Here's what Annie said:
"I found Sheryl early on in my blogging. I visited her menu each week and repeatedly told her how cute her blog was... we became bloggy friends and I have been encouraged by her posts and her comments. She is a faith filled lady with a love for her husband and family. Her blog has had a makeover, but it is still cute. You should get to know Sheryl... she is starting a new meme called faith lift fridays. I can't wait to participate."
Annie and I have never met face-to-face and never written more than a few words at a time to each other. But Annie went right to the soul of who I desire to be in my daily life: faith-filled and loving to my honey, my kids, and all those God allows to cross my path. I haven't arrived yet, but, thank you Annie for seeing into my heart and for your sweet, encouraging words!
Of course, Annie has already received this award, but she would be the top of my list if she hadn't! I love her faith, her joy, her love for her family, and her love for others. She inspires me and encourages me. And she has awesome menus and recipes each week, to boot! :)
Now, I get the pleasure of passing along this beautiful award:
Here are the rules for passing this award on: The reason for the title is because this award should make you reflect on five bloggers who have been an encouragement, a source of love, impacted you in some way, and have been a Godly example to you. Five Bloggers who when you reflect on them you get a sense of pride and joy... of knowing them and being blessed by them.
1. Copy this post.
2. Reflect on five bloggers and write a least a paragraph about each one.
3. Make sure you link to this post so others can read it and the rules.
4. Go leave your chosen bloggers a comment and let them know they've been given the award.
5. Put the award icon on your site
Here are my five award recipients:
1. Mikki from Under HIS Construction. This post has really changed how I read Psalms in particular, and
has really blessed me. Additionally, I love Mikki's honesty and her upbeat outlook in spite of some health issues she's been facing. I've appreciated how she's taught herself to sew and has turned her new-found skill into a new cottage business. I enjoy her sweet comments and her bloggy friendship!
2. Patricia W. Hunter of Pollywog Creek. Patricia was , if not literally my first, then one of the five first commentors on my blog and my first bloggy friend. She has blessed me with her love for the elderly, her servant's heart, her beautiful photography, and her love for her growing family (now that she has married sons, she's been gaining some adorable grandchildren! ;) Her devotional posts are thoughtful and thought-provoking. (For a sample, read "taste of leather").
3. Norman and Connie and their two adorable guys at Ward's Sward. Not only is this blog a family affair, their writing is good! I've been challenged to think a bit deeper, encouraged to enjoy my family even more, inspired to be creative with what we have, reminded that each day is a gift, and just simply blessed to enjoy a peek into their family's daily doings.
4. Karen Woodward at For Such a Time as Now. Karen is another one of my first commentors, welcoming me to the bloggy world. I've enjoyed reading her posts as she's shared her life as a missonary/minister's wife. From her furloughs home to her return to Romania, to her return back to the USA to stay for awhile, Karen has blessed me with her faith and joy in-the-midst, her love for her family, her persistence in homeschooling while in the middle of constant change and her appreciation of her parents (who also have two wonderful blogs!).
5. His Girl at My Life in the Kingdom. She is able to take the dailies of life and turn them into thought-provoking posts and always, in a figure-of-speech kind of way, ends up pointing her finger to God...making you look up. And that's the way I want to live my life...looking up, because God is I AM and her posts remind me of that.
It is so hard to choose for this...but thank you to all the bloggers I enjoy reading...you have all blessed me, encouraged me, and/or challenged me in one way or another. ((((HUGS)))) to each of you!
~*Sheryl*~****For my friends who don't belong to Homeschoolblogger, please be sure and leave your blog address so I can come visit you! (If you don't have a blog and want to comment and receive a reply from me, please leave your e-mail address.) THANKS! :)****
Comments
Jul. 3, 2007 - Oh, my!
Posted by Patricia
Shery, you have truly blessed me! What an honor to receive this from YOU!!!!! You have no idea what a joy you are to me - forgive me for not telling you more often! (It will probably be either tonight or tomorrow morning before I can respond at Pollywog Creek). ((((((((HUGS)))))))))
Jul. 3, 2007 - You are too sweet!
Posted by ClagettsFLStyle
What sweet sweet words. Thanks so much for this. It can at a really good time. I'm dealing with something new, an uncomfortable infection, and I wasn't feeling all that 'strong' today. Then I read this!
If you were here, or me there.. I would give you a BIG hug!!
{{{Hug}}} so I guess a cyber one will have to do.
I'll work on mine today.
May you have a BEAUTIFUL day in the SON!!
